http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/spanning-the-globe-a-one-finger-salute-peace-in-rome-an-angry-lyon.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:57:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/spanning-the-globe-a-one-finger-salute-peace-in-rome-an-angry-lyon.html/comment-page-1#comment-13071 Martha Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:49:54 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/spanning-the-globe-a-one-finger-salute-peace-in-rome-an-angry-lyon.html#comment-13071 There are a lot of terrible pitches in Italy, especially among the teams that aren't consistently in Serie A. The field at Messina looked as if it had recently been rolled by an aerator, or something -- there were actually furrows running the length of the pitched spaced about 8" apart, all the way across the field. And it seemed to be laid on sand, not dirt -- it's a wonder anything got done at all. There are a lot of terrible pitches in Italy, especially among the teams that aren’t consistently in Serie A. The field at Messina looked as if it had recently been rolled by an aerator, or something — there were actually furrows running the length of the pitched spaced about 8″ apart, all the way across the field. And it seemed to be laid on sand, not dirt — it’s a wonder anything got done at all.

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